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Thursday, July 10, 2014

MEC Grant and Metrorail committed to improving safety on trains

Lusanda Bill

10
July 2014

Western Cape MEC of Transport and Public
Works Donald Grant together with Metrorail said they will continue to improve
safety for commuters and curb the effects that vandalism has on Metrorail
assets.

This as MEC Grant and Metrorail Regional
Manager Richard Walker initiated the high mast lighting at the Eikenfontein
train station.

This is an on-going effort to improve safety
at key stations.

Ministerial Spokesperson Siphesihle Dube
said this is an example of how the Western Cape government and Metrorail have
been able to work together in the past and will continue to do so in the future
in a bid to make stations rail transport safer for commuters.

Dube said the high mast lightning has been
deployed in two stations Eikenfontein and Van Der Stel at the value of R1.5
million.This follows last year’s launch
of the scrambler bikes which are also to improve safety at stations.

“Since the launch of the scrambler bikes
there have been four on the spot arrests in between stations for crimes ranging
from cable theft as well as vandalising of track boxes” Dube added.